2006 AMLI Annual Meeting
JW Marriott Hotel  
Washington, DC
August 23-26, 2006

MEETING PROGRAM

Wednesday, August 23, 2006

7:30                  Breakfast

8:30-8:40          Opening Remarks
                        Barbara Detrick, Ph.D.
                        AMLI President

Plenary Session 1

8:45- 12:00        Immune Modulators in Disease: Key Targets
                        for Intervention and Laboratory Monitoring   

                        Chairs: Wayne Hogrefe, Ph.D. and
                                   Barbara Detrick, Ph.D.

8:45                  Cytokines: Biomarkers of Disease
                        Lyle L. Moldawer, Ph.D.

9:20                  Advances in Immune Based Therapies for Cancer
                        and Transplantation
                        Thomas A. Waldmann, M.D.

10:00                Coffee Break

10:30                CD20 Targeted Antibodies: B-Cell Therapy in
                        Autoimmune Diseases
                        Robert A. Eisenberg, M.D.

11:15                Development of Biotherapeutics: Future Directions
                        and Laboratory Implications
                        Lakshmi Amaravadi, Ph.D.

12:00-1:30         Luncheon Seminar         Host:  Euroimmun US
                        “Determination of Autoantibodies against ANCA using
                        a Multiplex approach”
               and
                       “Autoantibodies against cyclic citrullinated peptide
                       (CCP), a highly specific marker for rheumatoid
                       arthritis"
                       Speaker:  Wolfgang Sclumberger, Ph.D.
                      

Plenary Session 2

2:00-4:30         Case Reports: Challenges in Clinical
                       Immunology

                       Chair: Thomas Alexander, Ph.D.

5:00-6:00        Abstract Award Presentations

                       Chair: Ronald Harbeck, Ph.D.

6:00-8:00         Poster Session, Meet the Exhibitors

                       Wine and Cheese Reception

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Thursday, August 24, 2006

7:30               Breakfast and Committee Meetings

Plenary Session 3

8:30-12:00      New Insights: Primary Immunodeficiencies

                     Chair: Karen Cost, Ph.D.

8:30               Immunodeficiency Disorders: General Considerations
                     and Laboratory Evaluation
                     Thomas A. Fleisher, M.D.

9:15               DiGeorge Syndrome and Chromosome 22q11.2
                     Deletion Syndrome
                     Kathleen E. Sullivan, M.D., Ph.D.

10:00             Break

10:30             Interferon-g and IL-12 Pathway Defects in Primary
                     Immunodeficiency Disorders
                     Gulbu Uzel, M.D.

11:15             Autoimmune Lymphoproliferative Syndrome (ALPS)
                     David Teachey, M.D.

12:00-1:30      Luncheon Seminar        Host:  The Binding Site Inc.
                    “Recent Trends in the Diagnosis and Monitoring of
                     Multiple Myeloma and Other Monoclonal
                     Gammopathies”
                     Speaker:  K. H. van Hoeven, M.D.

2:00- 3:00      Erwin Neter Memorial Lecture
                        Rebecca H. Buckley, M.D.

3:00-4:00       Business Meeting

4:30-6:00       Cocktail Hour, Meet the Exhibitors

6:00-10:00     AMLI Annual Dinner

Dine at the Sequoia Restaurant on Georgetown's beautiful waterfront. As the sun dips below the spires of Georgetown University, the Sequoia and its stunning views of the Potomac come to sparkling life. Featuring an extensive contemporary American menu and a large variety of specialty drinks, Sequoia plays host to Washington’s most notable citizens. Follow dinner with a self-exploration of Georgetown or take a moonlight trolley tour of national monuments.

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Friday, August 25, 2006

7:30             Breakfast and Committee Meetings

Plenary Session 4

8:30-12:00    Novel and Emerging Technologies: New
                   Frontiers in Laboratory Medicine

                   Chair: Maurice R. O’Gorman, Ph.D.

8:30           Novel Multiplex Technologies for Studying Autoimmunity
                 Steven Chan, Ph.D.

9:15           Real Time Pharmacodynamics in Leukemia Clinical Trials
                 Using Flow Cytometry
                 David Hedley, M.D., Ph.D.

10:00         Break

10:30         Automated Approaches to Drug Delivery and Tissue
                 Engineering
                 Daniel G. Anderson, Ph.D.

11:15         Imaging Flow Cytometry: Visualizing Flow-Based
                 Immunological Assays
                 Albert D. Donnenberg, Ph.D.
 

12:00-1:30  Luncheon Seminar      Host: Beckman Coulter, Inc
                 “ZAP-70 Protein Expression in Chronic Lymphocytic
                  Leukemia”
                  Speaker: T. Vincent Shankey, Ph.D.

Free Afternoon

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Saturday, August 26, 2006

Plenary Session 5

8:30- 12:00   Cutting Edge: Hot Topics in Immunology

                   Chairs: John Schmitz, Ph.D. and Ronald Harbeck, Ph.D.

8:30            Toll-Like Receptors: Overview and Role in Human Disease
                   Donald N. Cook, Ph.D.

9:15            Role of T Regulatory Cells in Autoimmune Disease and
                  Potential Therapeutic Applications
                  Roland Tisch, Ph.D.

10:00          Break

10:30         New Molecular Approaches to Monitor Infectious
                 Diseases in Transplantation
                 Lesia K. Dropulic, M.D.

11:15         Advances in Allergic Diseases: Assessment of
                 Anti-IgE Therapy
                 Robert G. Hamilton, Ph.D.

12-12:15    Closing Remarks
                 Barbara Detrick, Ph.D.
                 AMLI President